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Degree Programme Table: International Business (MA Hons) (UTIBUSN)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside options, please ensure you have made an appointment to meet with your Director of Studies.

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST08001 Business Studies 1 Full Year 40
    BUST08014 Computing for Business Full Year 0




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ECNM08005    Economics 1A   40  
    ECNM08002    Economic Principles and Applications   40  

    Notes:Economics 1A or Economic Principles and Applications are not required for students who entered the programme prior to 2008-09.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W, as available

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques).

    Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    CMSE08001 Career Development Planning Semester 2 0
    BUST08008 International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A Semester 1 20
    BUST08009 International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B Semester 2 20
    CMSE08002 Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques Semester 1 20
    Notes: This course was re-named in 2009/10 (formerly called Quantitative Research Methods in Business).




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST08005    Business Economics   20  
    BUST08011    Organisation Studies   20  
    BUST08003    Principles of Finance   20  
    BUST08007    Management Science and Information Systems   20  
    BUST08010    Managing Employment Relations   20  
    BUST08004    Marketing   20  
    BUST08015    Innovation and Entrepreneurship   20  
    BUST08018    Applications of Finance 2   20  

    Notes:Details of non-Honours Business courses are available on the Student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to J, N to P and W, as available

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry into third year honours normally requires (i) passes in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years, and (ii) a mark of 50% or above at the first attempt in two Business Studies courses in second year (not including Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques).

    Students must spend their third year abroad at a partner university, completing and passing a full year's diet of examinable subjects (equivalent to 120 credits), the majority of which must be in Business. All students must complete and pass an equivalent course to the year 3 compulsory course Strategic Management.

    Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of TWO taught courses (40 credits) per semester.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST09001 Research in Management Semester 2 0
    BUST09002 Business Studies 3rd Year Abroad (120 credits) Full Year 120




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of ONE taught course (20 credits) per semester.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BUST10049 Management Honours Dissertation Full Year 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10026    International and Comparative Employment Relations   20  
    BUST10103    A Global Problem? Climate Change and a Low Carbon World   20  
    BUST10047    Theoretical Foundations of International Business: Course B   20  
    BUST10113    Managing Across Borders and Cultures   20  
    BUST10104    International Strategic Management in Practice   20  

    Notes:Students must choose a minimum of 60 credits in International Business: EITHER an International Business oriented Management Honours Dissertation (40 credits) plus one International Business designated course (20 credits) OR three International Business designated courses (60 credits) from the courses listed above.

    Details of Honours courses, as well as pre-requisites and restrictions, are available on the Business School student intranet MyBiz http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/mybiz/
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 60 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BUST10014    Advertising: Theories and Practice   20  
    ACCN10026    Behavioural Finance and Market Efficiency   20  
    BUST10004    Business Ethics   20  
    BUST10007    Consumer Behaviour   20  
    BUST10012    Corporate Finance   20  
    BUST10117    Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation   20  
    BUST10033    Financial Services Marketing   20  
    BUST10023    Futures and Options   20  
    BUST10105    Human Resource Management: Current Issues and Controversies   20  
    BUST10112    Information Systems and Organisations   20  
    BUST10032    Investment and Securities Markets   20  
    BUST10020    Management Science and Operations Planning   20  
    BUST10107    Managing Change   20  
    BUST10028    Managing Employment Law   20  
    BUST10008    Market Structure, Conduct and Performance   20  
    BUST10013    Decision-Making under Uncertainty   20  
    BUST10108    Marketing and Society   20  
    BUST10011    Mathematical Programming   20  
    BUST10039    Negotiation   20  
    BUST10092    Operations Strategy   20  
    ACCN10025    Public Sector Financial Management   20  
    BUST10024    Quality Management   20  
    BUST10021    The Economics of Corporate Strategy   20  
    BUST10115    The Entrepreneurial Manager   20  
    BUST10034    The Management of Technology   20  

     

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